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ExcelLibrary - Robot Framework Ride - Import Issue

I had trouble to install pip install robotframework-excellibrary on anaconda prompter command, I got the error Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

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I also have tried to install manually, I got the zipfile, I extracted the files into Site-packages folder, however, when I try to import the ExcelLibraryinto Ride, it also got an error

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Therefore, I want to know how can I install manually correctly or install via pip without error

I'm using pythn 3.7.

Solution

  • You need to read requirements. When I open robotframework-excellibrary pypi page, it says under programming languages:

    Python

    Python :: 2.7

    so I go and open homepage of the project and see requirements:

    • Python 2.7.4 (Newer versions not tested)
    • Robot Framework 2.8.5 (Newer versions not tested)
    • xlutils 1.7.1 (Newer versions not tested). Access the downloads here, or use pip install xlutils.
    • natsort 3.3.0 (Newer versions not tested). Access the downloads here, or use pip install natsort.

    At this point I probably stop trying since I have Python 3.

    If I still want to confirm that, I copy & paste the error into Google, and the first link that pops up is someone trying to solve the exact same problem (nevermind it's under a completely different project...): https://github.com/MarketSquare/robotframework-requests/issues/109

    So my recommendation is to get compatible versions first.